Open-Xchange AG
Budget
€50 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
1
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Open-Xchange (OX) is a developer of secure and open communication and office productivity software, IMAP server software and DNS solutions. Since 2005, it has partnered with many of the world’s largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telcos and carriers to deliver email and productivity solutions that include secure storage, file and document management. Dovecot is the world’s most popular IMAP server software and PowerDNS provides secure DNS services to telco customers and their users worldwide. Software developed by Open-Xchange is used by 220 million people globally. It is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with further offices in Hamburg, Nuremberg and Olpe, and international offices in Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the USA. For further details, please visit www.open-xchange.com.
EU Legislative Interests
Implementation of the GDPR, including data portability ePrivacy Regulation and other online privacy dossiers Digital Services Act and content-related issues, including encryption, filtering and lawful interception Digital Markets Act, regulation of OTTs and of Internet competition, interoperability requirements Digital sovereignty issues in general Data Act and data sharing issues Cloud services portability and free flow of non-personal data AI-related dossiers, for what pertains to use in Internet messaging and search eIDAS and online identities NIS2 Directive, Cyber Resilience Act, Product Liability Directive and cybersecurity Public Procurement Directive and related norms Issues in general related to privacy, digital rights, single digital market, online security, open digital ecosystems and open source software
Communication Activities
Open-Xchange is a free software/open source company which adopts a user-centric business model based on openness, standards compliance, and privacy protection. The company routinely promotes these values and models and participates in Internet conferences, online discussions and public activities, including industry fairs, open source business organizations and policy meetings, free software community gatherings, standardisation organisations and policy forums. Open-Xchange is part of a network of companies and NGOs advocating for openness and interoperability in Internet services, including the industry organisations OSBA, APELL and DSMEA. We are among the founders of the Coalition for Competitive Digital Markets (competitivedigitalmarkets.eu) which promotes mandatory provisions around these topics in European regulation. As part of this effort and/or individually, we released whitepapers, position papers and amendment proposals, which were used in stakeholder discussions on this legislative effort. We continue the effort through regular participation in the Commission's consultations. Open-Xchange is active in discussions on DNS policies, more specifically on DNS resolution and the use of DNS as a content access control and security mechanism. We released a whitepaper on DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS encryption which was widely circulated in Brussels.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Association Professionelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre (APELL) Coalition for Competitive Digital Markets (CDM) DNS-OARC eco Verband der Internetwirtschaft e.V. European Digital SME Alliance (DSMEA) fair.digital ID4me aisbl M3AAWG OpenForum Europe (as supporters) Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA)
Organisation Members
Open-Xchange GmbH (Germany) Open-Xchange OY (Finland) Open-Xchange SAS (France) Open-Xchange Srl (Italy) Open-Xchange SL (Spain) PowerDNS.COM BV (The Netherlands) Open-Xchange Inc (U.S.A.) PowerDNS.COM Inc (U.S.A.) OX-Dovecot KK (Japan) Open-Xchange IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (India)
Additional Information
The cost estimate above is mostly composed by the share of the salary of the single person allocated to these activities. In addition, the estimate includes travel costs to attend events in Brussels and the support of two organizations which are active in Brussels as an advocate for the open source community.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.